Shankar Ram
The analogy with music is interesting.. I've seen analogies with food: "appetiser", "opening course", "main course", "dessert", "cherry on top"..…
On No.800 (NP)
An interesting concoction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga_Black_Balsam An ad also says: "If you haven't tasted it, you haven't been in Riga!"
On Julia’s Fairies 1st RIGA BLACK BALSAM TT
Whoa! Now Latvia joins the club with it's drink! (btw, No Mohito, Julia? ;-))
On Julia’s Fairies 1st RIGA BLACK BALSAM TT
Nice final mate echoes, reflected across a8-h1 diagonal.
On No.831 (DF)
I think you meant WPf6 to g6, not g7 ..
On No.825 (NSR)
Sometimes one gets lucky. The same theme in a different genre, with all the ideal requirements: http://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/search.jsp?expression=PATTERN+%3D%27sTe8+sKd6+wKf6+wTc4+sLe1%27+AND+A+%3D+%27Shankar+Ram%27
On No.825 (NSR)
Thank you, Georgy! But, as you observed, I wanted to retain 1.e5 as a key.. And the illegality of the…
On No.825 (NSR)
Yes, I'm aware of that.. the matrix is bit "plug hungry ". Paradoxically, it could be made "legal " by…
On No.825 (NSR)
Nils Bakke used to do problems with Norsk Chess.. Very convenient condition for Babson like tasks.. like madrasi..! 😉
On No.769,770 (SL)
Also got a commend. Quoting it. [img]https://db.tt/dZ8vCdHK[/img]
On Israeli Chess Composition Society: Theodor Tauber MT C31.12.2015 & Alex Ettinger 90MT Award
